snow plow

[Cheerio]

has anyone used a snowplow without shoes? If so how did it work? The shoes tend to dig in to the gravel, what am I doing wrong?

 

[mrbb]

what type of shoes are you using, they some in many shapes and sizes, , if not enough foot print, the weight of blade will cause them to sink!
and is the ground under the snow frozen or not
this matters a LOT

as if its NOT frozen, odds are its normal to have things dig in a little

BUT that can also, be caused by angle of blade, if your allowing it to have more downward angle than needed, it can cause things to dig in

NOT all plow blade sets up work AS IS< for all skid steers, due to differences in quick attach designs and sizes(height width angle and so on on them)


if your on dirt gravel, this is why many folks modify the cutting edge with sections of pipe, to allow things to NOT dig in, and push as much gravel
lots of youtube vids on this if your interested in seeing, or considering trying !

 

[brdgbldr]

has anyone used a snowplow without shoes? If so how did it work? The shoes tend to dig in to the gravel, what am I doing wrong?

The shoes will tend to dig down if the plow is tilted forward. This can happen if the plow is too short for the machine causing the operator to want to tilt the plow forward or the shoes are set too far below the blade also causing the operator to want to tilt the plow forward to get the blade lower.

 

[FJRDarksider]

I had a blade but the ground wasn't frozen at the time so it didn't go well. I picked up a pair of those bolt on skid shoes for my bucket, and in float mode it worked great....... I never used the blade again.

 

[RedNeckMike]

I plow over both gravel and grass, so I leave my blade elevated an inch or so above the ground to leave a skim coat of snow
the first few plows and then allow it to pack and freeze, after that with my shoes set about 1/2" below the blade I have zero problem
with blade digging in. Mind you the frost here can easily go 3 feet deep.

 

[Cheerio]

what type of shoes are you using, they some in many shapes and sizes, , if not enough foot print, the weight of blade will cause them to sink!
and is the ground under the snow frozen or not
this matters a LOT

as if its NOT frozen, odds are its normal to have things dig in a little

BUT that can also, be caused by angle of blade, if your allowing it to have more downward angle than needed, it can cause things to dig in

NOT all plow blade sets up work AS IS< for all skid steers, due to differences in quick attach designs and sizes(height width angle and so on on them)


if your on dirt gravel, this is why many folks modify the cutting edge with sections of pipe, to allow things to NOT dig in, and push as much gravel
lots of youtube vids on this if your interested in seeing, or considering trying !

It is a Bobcat blade on a 753 Bobcat, the shoes are saucer type. I only tilt the blade down on the paved part of my drive, the upper part is gravel. The weather has been squirrely here, a blizzard on Monday and 60* predicted for tomorrow, (Saturday). The ground had thawed before the last snow so that made it difficult. I may attempt the pipe idea. Thanks